The color is golden yellow. We never use artificial dyes. Saffron colors this cream (we use a lot of Saffron).

The antifungal content of saffron reportedly helps with the treatment of acne. We'll keep you posted on that.

Saffron brightens dull skin and gives a luminous complexion

The scent is Vanilla Absolute and Blood Orange essential oil.

All vegetable ingredients. We never test on animals. But if we did, they would love it!

When most people think of the worlds most expensive spice, Saffron ($1290 a pound), we think of cooking. Saffron comes from a part of a flower. The Crocus Sativus plant. Difficult to grow and to harvest, hence the high price. Saffron does add wonderful flavors to our food. Here in the USA, Saffron is not known as for it's skin benefits. Saffron is especially good for dry damaged skin. We have been itching to use some new butters we have been testing. Namely Illipe butter from Borneo. Sal Butter from India and Mowrah Butter from India as well. Usually we use Jojoba, which speeds up absorption. We skipped the jojoba on this time. We wanted this cream to sit on the skin's surface for a while. And then absorb.

What's in it? (in order of prominence)

Spanish Saffron (Crocus Sativus) Steeped in Reverse Osmosis Purified Water: Virtually all skin care products 'say' they use purified water. But the real deal is reverse osmosis purified water. This mean ZERO contaminants which means the starting point is pure. It's expensive to do (goes through 5 filters, which have to be changed often), but it is the only water we use. We use the waste water from this purifying process to water our flowers and landscaping. So there is no waste. Don't some products use distilled water? Yes but distilled water is environmentally expensive to make (heat is used to boil the dirty water and stream is collected). The problem we have with distilled water is it has a lower pH due to the extra ions added during the process. We prefer to work with pH neutral water. To me there is no more perfect water than R-O water. I remember the 1st time we made soap with it. As we poured the soap is was so creamy! It looked like home made ice cream right before it gets solid. It's one of our special secrets to how good our products are. Again, no one does this.

Illipe Butter (Shorea Stenoptera): This butter comes from Borneo. It is a premium butter renown for it's healing properties. Each natural Butter has it's own unique nutrient profile. Our skin can absorb these nutrients and use them. Natures little gift to us.

Mowrah butter (Bassia Latifolia) Mowrah Butter is obtained from the fruit of the Indian tree (Madhuca Latifolia). Mowrah butter is known to prevent drying of the skin and development of wrinkles. Reduces degeneration of skin cells and restores skin flexibility. All good things for your skin.

BTMS (Behentrimonium Methosulfate Cetearyl Alcohol): This is a vegetable wax that is used to combine the oils and water.

Glycerin (vegetable). What skin care product doesn't benefit from Glycerin? Problem is most store bought and even high end moisturizers often use animal derived Glycerin. You don't even want to know how they make this glycerin. Unless the label specifically says vegetable, it is almost always animal derived. Yuck!

D-Panthenol (2%) Pantothenic acid (Vitamin B5) is present in all living cells in the form of Pantothenic acid which is a constituent of Co-enzyme A. A deficiency in Pantothenic acid results in dermatological and many physiological disorders. It is used in many hair care products but also is easily absorbed by the skin. Well known for it's anti-inflammatory properties for professional skin care formulations where it also acts as a powerful redness reducer even when used at only 1.0%. Hmmmmm, redness reducer? Anti-inflammatory? Problem is... it is kind of expensive. At $15 a pound, manufacturers either don't use it, or use just barely enough to put it on the label. We use the full 2% considered maximum usage. That's a lot.

Cetyl Stearyl Alcohol (vegetable) this is a waxy vegetable ingredient used to give the moisturizers a bit of heft and contact feel.

Germall Plus (6/10's of 1%) (diazolidinyl Urea, 3-Iodo-2-propylbutylcarbarmate) (a vegetable derived preservative to keep our product fresh) only needs 4/10's of one percent to keep our product safe. Look before you ask, no totally natural preservative really protects products from bacteria. We don't like using Parabens. And since we pH balance our moisturizers we are limited in our choice of preservatives. What's great about this one is so little is needed to afford protection.

Vanilla Absolute and Blood Orange essential Oil. I think I really like this combination. Keep in mind we needed to use essential oils that blend this with the natural scent of the saffron. I think this really works.

Best if used within one year of receipt. I'll bet no skin care product you have bought from a store was made within the last year. Most of the products on store shelves, were made years ago. We find we can better control our quality if we make products as they are used. Fresh just makes for better skin care products. Our families all use our products. We only sell what we would use.

pH neutral: And why is this important? Although we use ingredients that have an acid pH, the finished moisturizer is pH neutral, like all of our moisturizers. We believe the skin is actually stressed by acids. Virtually all moisturizers on the market are acid. We wondered why? If acids are so good for the skin as these products claim, why does it feel so good to take a swim in the ocean? Ocean water pH is very much the opposite of acid. Slightly alkaline. Why is it recommended to keep swimming pool water slightly alkaline? There is a whole line of thinking now that promotes alkalines. We believe the skin and all of nature loves alkaline and hates acids. If the ocean were to all of a sudden become slightly acid, mostly it would be a dead body of water. Forget this nonsense of the 'acid mantle'. Our bodies when healthy, are pH neutral to slightly alkaline.

No animal ingredients or testing EVER! We also get assurances from our suppliers that all of our raw ingredients are not animal derived or any animal testing done there either.

Most skin care products you buy to use today, were made in large factories years ago and have been in storage. Everything we ship was made in small batches within a few weeks of shipping. Fresh matters! Quality ingredients matter!

Most of our ingredients are as close to natural as possible. We avoid overly processed ingredients. Processing means heat and that destroys the goodness in these precious ingredients we use.

We also include a free FULL SIZE bar of our Natural shea butter non-drying soap with each jar. An $8.00 value if purchases singly.This Natural soap has to be tried to be believed. It is nothing short of wonderful.

The color is golden yellow. We never use artificial dyes. Saffron colors this cream (we use a lot of Saffron).

The antifungal content of saffron reportedly helps with the treatment of acne. We'll keep you posted on that.

Saffron brightens dull skin and gives a luminous complexion

The scent is Vanilla Absolute and Blood Orange essential oil.

All vegetable ingredients. We never test on animals. But if we did, they would love it!

When most people think of the worlds most expensive spice, Saffron ($1290 a pound), we think of cooking. Saffron comes from a part of a flower. The Crocus Sativus plant. Difficult to grow and to harvest, hence the high price. Saffron does add wonderful flavors to our food. Here in the USA, Saffron is not known as for it's skin benefits. Saffron is especially good for dry damaged skin. We have been itching to use some new butters we have been testing. Namely Illipe butter from Borneo. Sal Butter from India and Mowrah Butter from India as well. Usually we use Jojoba, which speeds up absorption. We skipped the jojoba on this time. We wanted this cream to sit on the skin's surface for a while. And then absorb.

What's in it? (in order of prominence)

Spanish Saffron (Crocus Sativus) Steeped in Reverse Osmosis Purified Water: Virtually all skin care products 'say' they use purified water. But the real deal is reverse osmosis purified water. This mean ZERO contaminants which means the starting point is pure. It's expensive to do (goes through 5 filters, which have to be changed often), but it is the only water we use. We use the waste water from this purifying process to water our flowers and landscaping. So there is no waste. Don't some products use distilled water? Yes but distilled water is environmentally expensive to make (heat is used to boil the dirty water and stream is collected). The problem we have with distilled water is it has a lower pH due to the extra ions added during the process. We prefer to work with pH neutral water. To me there is no more perfect water than R-O water. I remember the 1st time we made soap with it. As we poured the soap is was so creamy! It looked like home made ice cream right before it gets solid. It's one of our special secrets to how good our products are. Again, no one does this.

Illipe Butter (Shorea Stenoptera): This butter comes from Borneo. It is a premium butter renown for it's healing properties. Each natural Butter has it's own unique nutrient profile. Our skin can absorb these nutrients and use them. Natures little gift to us.

Mowrah butter (Bassia Latifolia) Mowrah Butter is obtained from the fruit of the Indian tree (Madhuca Latifolia). Mowrah butter is known to prevent drying of the skin and development of wrinkles. Reduces degeneration of skin cells and restores skin flexibility. All good things for your skin.

BTMS (Behentrimonium Methosulfate Cetearyl Alcohol): This is a vegetable wax that is used to combine the oils and water.

Glycerin (vegetable). What skin care product doesn't benefit from Glycerin? Problem is most store bought and even high end moisturizers often use animal derived Glycerin. You don't even want to know how they make this glycerin. Unless the label specifically says vegetable, it is almost always animal derived. Yuck!

D-Panthenol (2%) Pantothenic acid (Vitamin B5) is present in all living cells in the form of Pantothenic acid which is a constituent of Co-enzyme A. A deficiency in Pantothenic acid results in dermatological and many physiological disorders. It is used in many hair care products but also is easily absorbed by the skin. Well known for it's anti-inflammatory properties for professional skin care formulations where it also acts as a powerful redness reducer even when used at only 1.0%. Hmmmmm, redness reducer? Anti-inflammatory? Problem is... it is kind of expensive. At $15 a pound, manufacturers either don't use it, or use just barely enough to put it on the label. We use the full 2% considered maximum usage. That's a lot.

Cetyl Stearyl Alcohol (vegetable) this is a waxy vegetable ingredient used to give the moisturizers a bit of heft and contact feel.

Germall Plus (6/10's of 1%) (diazolidinyl Urea, 3-Iodo-2-propylbutylcarbarmate) (a vegetable derived preservative to keep our product fresh) only needs 4/10's of one percent to keep our product safe. Look before you ask, no totally natural preservative really protects products from bacteria. We don't like using Parabens. And since we pH balance our moisturizers we are limited in our choice of preservatives. What's great about this one is so little is needed to afford protection.

Vanilla Absolute and Blood Orange essential Oil. I think I really like this combination. Keep in mind we needed to use essential oils that blend this with the natural scent of the saffron. I think this really works.

Best if used within one year of receipt. I'll bet no skin care product you have bought from a store was made within the last year. Most of the products on store shelves, were made years ago. We find we can better control our quality if we make products as they are used. Fresh just makes for better skin care products. Our families all use our products. We only sell what we would use.

pH neutral: And why is this important? Although we use ingredients that have an acid pH, the finished moisturizer is pH neutral, like all of our moisturizers. We believe the skin is actually stressed by acids. Virtually all moisturizers on the market are acid. We wondered why? If acids are so good for the skin as these products claim, why does it feel so good to take a swim in the ocean? Ocean water pH is very much the opposite of acid. Slightly alkaline. Why is it recommended to keep swimming pool water slightly alkaline? There is a whole line of thinking now that promotes alkalines. We believe the skin and all of nature loves alkaline and hates acids. If the ocean were to all of a sudden become slightly acid, mostly it would be a dead body of water. Forget this nonsense of the 'acid mantle'. Our bodies when healthy, are pH neutral to slightly alkaline.

No animal ingredients or testing EVER! We also get assurances from our suppliers that all of our raw ingredients are not animal derived or any animal testing done there either.

Most skin care products you buy to use today, were made in large factories years ago and have been in storage. Everything we ship was made in small batches within a few weeks of shipping. Fresh matters! Quality ingredients matter!

Most of our ingredients are as close to natural as possible. We avoid overly processed ingredients. Processing means heat and that destroys the goodness in these precious ingredients we use.

We also include a free FULL SIZE bar of our Natural shea butter non-drying soap with each jar. An $8.00 value if purchases singly.This Natural soap has to be tried to be believed. It is nothing short of wonderful.

This smells so good!!! Not overpowering, light and refreshing scent! The color is bright and Rich and it feels amazing!! When my skin is on the drier side, I tend to reach for this moisturizer a lot! It's soothing and really packs a punch of moisture! It doesn't feel heavy though, which is what I like. It absorbs quite easily, just don't use too much or it takes a little bit longer ... I use it on dry patches also and it takes care of those problem areas in a jiffy!!

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars]

by Janet from Red Oak

Date Added: 06/14/2016

I wish you would sell this in a bigger jar! I would soak in it if it came in a 55 gallon drum!

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars]

by Lori from Columbus

Date Added: 03/15/2016

Best moisturizer ever. I no longer have dry facial skin and my skin just glows. Nothing else comes close and believe me I've tried everything from drug store brand to high end. Can't express how much I love this product!

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars]

by Lisa from Cary

Date Added: 11/08/2015

I received this as a sample and I'm so glad I did! While nursing my newborn my skin became extra dry, so I tried it. It is awesome! So thick and creamy and absorbs right away! I also have very sensitive skin and this stuff was so wonderful not even one breakout &#128512;! I'm ordering a full size now..maybe 2 to get me through the winter! Thanks Carley's!

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars]

by Cynthia from Bremerton

Date Added: 05/31/2015

OMG, this is the Rolls Royce of moisturizers. It is so rich and creamy. It absorbs very well. I use this on dry skin areas such as my feet, elbows, knees and also on my face. I wish I could describe how good it feels on the skin. It's like my skin just drinks it up and feels so soft. I love, love, love this cream.

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars]

by Ellen from New York

Date Added: 02/26/2014

A fine, fine product & a happy new addition to the line for this long-time satisfied customer! It has a lovely scent, a good density & has been one of the few effective items in my arsenal during this long, cold, ARID NYC winter that has kept my skin intact & comforted. Love it, recommend it. Many thanks!

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars]

by Kacey from fountain

Date Added: 01/27/2014

I received this as a sample and since it's so new I wanted to write a review on it for anyone who's considering purchasing it. I'll be honest, I've never loved the smell of most of Carley's products right off the bat, although they have all really grown on me. This saffron butter, however, smells like heaven. Think Orange dreamcicle. Mmmm. I really love it and I now have another product to add to my wish list. If anyone has ever used bag balm for dry skin I'd say this is just as moisturizing and similar in texture but it absorbs just like all of carley's moisturizers without feeling the least bit greasy. I highly recommend this for dry skin.